Fishing-reel.



G. H. GASKINS.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION IILED rz ns.5,19oa.

901,609. Patented 001;.20, 190s.

CLAUDE n. GASKINS, or SHAMOKIN,

' described and claimed.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FELIX o. SEILER AND ONE-FOURTH TO DANIEL o. SEILER, BOTH or SHAMOKIN,

PENNSYLVANIA.

FISHING-REEL.

, No. eo1,eoo.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908. 1

Application filed February 5, 1908. Serial No. 414,415.

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fishing-Reel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fishing reels.

The object of the invention is to improve the manner of assembling the multiplying gears and the spool with the casing, whereby to'permit removal of the latter and the in: s ection and cleansing of the former without anger of losing any of the parts of the operating mechanism; to compensate for any end shake, of the spool, thus to insure easy running and prevent cutting of the line; and generally to improve the construction of such articles and measurably to increase their durability and effectiveness- With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts 0f a fishing reel, as will be hereinafter fully In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and inwhich like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of v the reel, the spool being detached therefrom which may be of the usual or any preferred construction, the shafts or bearings 7 of which are supported partly by the shell 1 and partly by the bridge plate 8 that is detachably secured to the shell 'by screws 9. This bridge plate operatesnot only to prevent the gears from dropping out of the shell when the spool, presently to be described, is removed, but also protects them in alarge measure from injury and wear, asby the presence of sand or grit, as it will operate practically to prevent foreign matter from lodging in the teeth of the gears. The shaft of one of the I this is not essential.

gears, as usual, extends through a boss 10 on the outer side of the shell 1, and has con- PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR' or ONE-FOURTH TO nected with it, in any preferred manner, an i ordinary counterbalanced crank 11.

Projecting from the center of the inner wall of the shell 1 is a in or shaft 12 upon which is mounted a spoo that consists of a core 13 provided with a line receivingvopening l i, and a pair of heads or flanges 15 which, for purposes of lightness, are orificed, althou h The inner ed es of t 1e peripheries of the heads are roun ed to lie within the lanes of the o posed faces of the rim 4 and the annulus 3, thus to prevent cutting of the fishing line. From each of the heads projects a rigid gear 16 and 17, respectively, the former of which meshes with one of the gears 6 of the multiplying train, and the latter of which is engaged by a click or brake 18 secured to a pin 19. To hold the click either inor out of engagement withthe gear 17, a circular spring 20 is employed, the

ends of which engage seats 21 disposed adjacent to the inner end oft'he click and on opposite sides thereof, the intermediate portion of the spring being flattened at 22 to receive rivets 23 that secure it to the shell 2. The pin 19 projects through a slot 24 in the shell 2 and carries on its outer end a button 25 by which the click may be shifted as required.

The shaft 12projects through an orifice 26 in the shell 2 and lies flush with the outer side thereof, and in order to prevent anyend shake'of the spool, the shell 2 is providedv on its inner face with a teat 27 through which extends the orifice 26, and which is adaptedto engage with the outer face. of the gear 17 to secure the object sought, but without in the least interfering with the easy operation of the multiplying gears.

The shell 2 is assembled with the annulus 3 by a hinge 28 of any preferred type, and in order to hold the shell in locked relation to the annulus, a screw 29 is provided which is swiveled into the rim of the shell to prevent loss and is adapted to en age a threaded orifice 30 in the annulus. T e nick of this screw is made sufliciently wide and deep to receive I the back: of a pen-knife blade, or a coin, such as a dime, so that in the event of the user of the reel not being provided with a screwdriver, he will still be enabled to turn the screw. The screw 29 serves another and very important function in addition to the one above described, viz., that of an ad-v the casing juster for regulatingthe force. of contact between the teat 27 and the gear 17, whereby to take up binding action between the teat and the Y car, which would operate to interfere with he easy running of the spool:

The reel is rovided with the usual curved plate'31 by W ich it is secured in any suitable manner to a fishing pole.

From the foregoing description it will be seenthat by the employment of the bridge late 8, all danger of the multiplying gears ecoming disconnected and dropping from will be obviated, and, further, by

making the gears 16 and 17 rigid with the spool, heir loss Wlll also be prevented when t e spool is removed from the casing. A further feature of advantage is in the provision of the teat 27 for preventing end shake of the spool, thereby to insure even running and obviate uneven wear of the multiplying ears. g As the shaft 12 is, of necessity, quite small in cross diameter, it is essential that it should be roperly stayed at both ends to impart to it t e greatest rigidity, and this is secured by havin lone end seated in the orifice 26 and iifl 0 i mounted'on the outer side of the shell 1.

I claim:

1. In a fishing reel, the combination with a spool having a click gear rigid therewith, of

I ahinged shell having a boss to engage the of the spool, and a screw swlveled in the end shake without causing any,

er end secured in a boss or lug 32' second shell and having a threadedengage-- ment with the annulus.

3. A fishing reel comprising a stationary shell, a train of multiplying gears arranged therein, a bridge plate secured to the shell to shield the gears and to hold them against accidental separation therefrom, an annulus spaced from and rigidly secured to the shell, a spool having at one end a rigid gear to engage with one of the train of gears and at its other end a rigid click gear, a second shell hinged to the annulus and carrying a click and provided with a teat to enga e with the click gear to prevent end shake o the s ool, and a screw swiveled in the second shel and having a threaded engagement with the annulus.

4. In a fishing reel, the combination with a two-part shell, one of which incloses a spool and mechanism for driving the same, of means permanently assembled with one of theshells for securing it to the other shell and for taking .up endshake between the spool and one ,of the'shell members.

7 5. In a fishing reel, the combination with a s ool having a click gear combined therewit 1, of a hinged shell having a boss to engage the gear to hold the spool from end shake, and means for holding the shell in adjusted position relatively to the gear.

6; A fishing reel comprising a stationary shell, a train of multiplying gears arranged therein, a spool arranged within the shell and being operatively connected with the gears,

a second shell hinged relatively to the first i shell,

and a screw having a swiveled' connection with the second shell for holding the latter in locked position relatively to the stationary shell. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDE H. GASKINS. WVitnesses C. E. DOYLE, J AS. M. IIARKEE. 

